What software is missing in the Fedora repository?

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 07 May 2009, Rex Dieter wrote:
>>Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> While not an answer, how about something that will let kde sounds work
>>> with fedora? Obviously and apparently pulse isn't it, probably for lack of
>>> configuration tools.
>>
>>That's either
>>1.  configuration issue
>>2.  audio driver support/bug
>>3.  pulseaudio bug
>>
>>none of which is solvable by additional software.
>>
>>If you've given up on trying to use PA, try
>>yum remove pulseaudio
>>
>>If it still doesn't work, then it's not pa's fault.
>>
>>-- Rex
>
> Thanks Rex.  I have been somewhat determined to make it work since I don't see
> near as much evidence of the gored ox with f10, and in truth, nearly
> everything does work, except the sound effects for kde, they sound like they
> are coming from a set of headphones, in the next room, not this one.
>
> With 3 audio systems installed, the usual on a high priced asus mainboard, and
> an audigy2(not the stripped 'live' model) and apparently it has found an audio
> system on the HD-2400 Pro video card too, I suppose kde's output is miss-
> directed somehow.  But, I removed the module build for all the others except
> for the audigy2 thinking that would force everything to use the audigy2.  No
> effect other than a constant nag from kde asking if I want it to forget the
> other stuff, and I click yes & check the don't nag me again box.  But it does,
> everytime I startx.  I even have jack installed and have played the 10,000
> monkeys thing configuring it, nothing helps.  Shrug.  Everything else works.


I have a similar setup. However I also have (and want) 5.1 sound... so
I just removed PulseAudio.


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